Succession Planting Cut Flowers: Everything You Ought to Know to Extend Your Harvest this Season!

[@MarlaCalandra]

That was the best explanation! Thank you for this ❤

[@helenachase5627]

You deserve more subscribers. I'll put the word out when I'm viewing flower hill farm and you can't eat the grass as well as gardeners workshop 😊

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Awe that is so sweet of you to say! Forever grateful for the wonderful community that supports us here online .. it feels big to us! But we always love when others share about us too- so thank you! 💛😊

[@KaylaPayne]

Wow! Thank you so much for this video! I’m brand new to flower gardening, and I’ve been searching high and low for a thorough explanation of succession planting…and here it is. I have a much better grasp on it now, thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@deborahclatworthy3885]

Excellent information! Thank you!

[@s.m.piusvakuo3499]

Thanks so much for your openness. I am a back yard gardener and I just want to grow everything and I like others to share in the beauty. All helpful. Thanks again.

[@carolhendley760]

Thanks so much! Your videos are so detailed, they help and encourage me as I go into my 2nd season. Also, I took your advice and offered spring subscriptions! It has gone well. I anticipate offering summer subscriptions as well! All the best yo you both as you begin your new season. 🌸

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

That’s great news! Sounds like you have an exciting season ahead of you- all the best! 💛✨

[@eyrerosecottage1970]

Excellent video! Really understandable and your visuals help so much!

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jenniferfitzgerald369]

Great information!!!! Seriously, I can't thank you enough for sharing this information! You explained it perfectly and to the point!!! Loved it! Good luck on this season!!!! Thanks for the great information again!!❤😊

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Makes my heart so happy knowing that this information was helpful! Best of luck to you in the season ahead! :)

[@jenniferfitzgerald369]

@@twosistersflowerfarm Absolutely extremely helpful! I really want to check out your planner too, it looks like loads of help as well! You can never have too much help lol! Take care! 🌼

[@eileenstarr6607]

You are such a great teacher! Thank you so very much for sharing such valuable content!!❤

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

That is so kind of you to say! Thanks so much for tuning in! 💛

[@madzrae9482]

This is so helpful, I am so thankful I found your page!! Your videos have already helped me so much!!

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Love hearing this! Happy to help ✨🌻

[@marthaduffy8386]

Thank you , Thank you ....this was fantastic. You answered so many questions that I had. This is my second year and I really wanted to be better with succession planting this year. I'm taking the leap and doing the paperwork for starting the business, which is a little scary, but l'm determined. I'm doing a little bit of everything, roadside, farmers markets, Subscription bouquets, and a u-pick in the late summer, maybe 2, just to see which I like doing best. Thank you so much again. Your video last year about the u-pick was so helpful too. ❤😊🎉

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

I’m sure you’ll knock it out of the park this year! So excited for you as you take this leap with your flower farming! Best of luck ✨💛💛

[@marthaduffy8386]

@@twosistersflowerfarm Thank you so much. You have been inspiring to me! 🌻🌱😊

[@karendoupe1830]

Great job on the videos. Very helpful.

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anabellabalbuena3670]

Wow you are glowing dear!!

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Thank you so much! 💛😊

[@helenachase5627]

​@@twosistersflowerfarm yes, you are lovely

[@helenachase5627]

I only planted once my first year. I had no clue about cool season and warm season annuals. That said ,bIm in zone 3 and the season is so short that I think pinching back may just serve as a next succession . I'm going to try to get my cool season annuals in early including a batch of sunflowers and early Chantilly snapdragons.

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Love that plan! 💛💛

[@clairegill7891]

Great video! Thank you 🌸

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@erinsfaces]

This is wonderful, thank you so much! Question for you, do you find that when you’re doing another succession planting, if you had ripped out the plants that had flowered already, that the new seedlings would not grow because they are blocked from the sun by the taller plants in front of them? Thank you!

[@PlantRelated]

Hi!! I am so new to flower farming - how many stems in a bouquet is good? How would i calculate how many plants i would need to have enough for a certain amount of bouquets? Would i need to count how many stems a plant gives me, like zinnias? Love this so much. I love the growing part as much as the calculating and tracking part

[@katebarrett1924]

Thank you for all this great info! I also use drip irrigation, and have a question about how you lay it out. For example - when you have 9" spaced plants - 4 rows in a 3 ft bed - do you put in 4 rows of drip tape - one for each row... sometimes I've put in 3 and spaced the drip between the rows but that may not be best. Thanks for your help!!

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

How much drip tape you'll need in your flower beds really depends on the type of soil you have + the type of ground cover you may use. We have a bit of clay in our soil which retains quite a bit of moisture- so I can get away with fewer lines of drip per bed compared to someone who may plant in sandy soil where the moisture goes straight through. I also use less drip in beds which are covered in plastic mulch. The plastic helps retain moisture. And so in our annual field with 3 ft beds that are covered in plastic I can usually get away with just one line of drip per bed. Compartively, when I use landscape fabric- that seems to be much more breathable and often requires more drip tape. In areas of my field where I plant with landscape fabric I may have 4 or more lines of drip- it takes some experimenting to know what will work best for you!

[@HabitatGBO8004]

Great info, any info on flower food solutions for Sunflower after cutting

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

We really don't use much flower food so unfortunately I don't have any suggestions for you- We find that with fresh, clean water + harvesting sunflowers at the right stage of harvest, we're able to get a good 7 days of vase life :)

[@HabitatGBO8004]

@@twosistersflowerfarm Thank you much

[@heatherheitmueller8505]

Do you start the seeds inside? Or only outside?

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

We start 99% of our seeds inside before planting out into our garden (sunflowers we usually direct sow)

[@rosebud447]

I’m in zone 3 so succession’s can be tricky. Sunflowers and zinnia might work if you start your first succession in house and then when you put them out, direct seed another batch and that might work well n short season. We usually only have 90 days.

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

oof! I can see how that short of a growing season would be a challenge! Hopefully that means that you can grow lots of cold-loving flowers.. the longer I grow flowers, the more the cool season stuff steals my heart :)

[@helenachase5627]

​@@twosistersflowerfarm yes, in zone 3 you still get the snaps, feverfew, rudbeckia, strawflower, stock, phlox, zinnias, cosmos, blupleurum, ranunculus, Amaranthus. The summers are hot but short. I think hoop houses are in order but I don't have one ..... Yet

[@ralphchapman565]

Why would you succession plant Zinnia’s if they are cut and come again plant?

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

While flowers like zinnias do bloom abundantly- they often don’t bloom indefinitely. At some point in the season the will start to slow their production and produce lesser quality blooms. When this happens it’s nice to have another succession of flowers ready to go. As time passes sometimes zinnias can become diseased with powdery mildew as well which again can slow production so we like to have multiple waves blooming 😀

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

Yup, time management is as important for the person as it is for the flower.

[@twosistersflowerfarm]

Exactly 💛

[@irisrainbirdxox]

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